Volantino

DAIRY PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO ESSELUNGA Esselunga undertakes to ensure its customers with products that are always fresh and the result of research that consider the culinary traditions and the correct nutritional balance, in a mix that mostly speaks Italian. We collaborate and enhance craftsmanship and consortia: in 2020 , in the delicatessen section, important partnerships have been developed with various protection consortia, such as Parmigiano Reggiano DOP, Grana Padano DOP, Pecorino Toscano DOP and many more, in order to increase the culture and knowledge of flagship local products at shops and on the online channel, local products that belong to sectors that risk disappearing, precisely because of the lack of a connection with large-scale distribution. 5 Animal Welfare-certified Esselunga private label fresh milk products were also introduced in 2020. The genuine goodness of milk defines different product lines in the dairy product sector: our excellent products include d’alpeggio cheese, proof of a historical practice with a very ancient tradition and of great importance for the conservation of grazing in the Alps. The semi-permanent shelter, milking and production structures make it possible to directly process the freshly-milked warm milk, necessarily raw, in some cases according to tradition with the addition of small amounts of sheep or goat milk. This is how excellent cheeses are created in the summer period, such as Castelmagno DOP d’Alpeggio, Fontina DOP d’Alpeggio, Bitto DOP . To satisfy everyone’s tastes, we also choose some cheeses such as PARMIGIANO REGGIANO DOP, GRANA PADANO DOP and GORGONZOLA DOP , which can be defined as “naturally lactose-free”. FRESH MILK DOP Protected Designation of Origin Animal feeding is mainly based on hay and grazing in a mixed-grass meadow, where fresh herbs and floral essences give the milk more intense colours and aromas, which then evolve in the cheese during ripening.